Cruise ship electrician killed in elevator accident

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The Carnival Ecstasy is investigating after an Italian electrician aboard the cruise ship was killed while working on an elevator during the final leg of a three-day cruise from Miami.
(Galveston County Daily News/Jennifer Reynolds/Associated Press)

Police and a cruise company say an Italian electrician aboard the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship was killed while working on an elevator during the final leg of a three-day cruise from Miami.

Miami-Dade police Det. Marjorie Eloi says 66-year-old Jose Sandoval Opazo of Liguria, Italy, died Sunday as a result of an apparent accident. In a news release, she said he was an electrician on the 2,056-passenger cruise ship.

Police and the cruise line are investigating the cause and have released no further details. In a statement, the Miami-based cruise line says the accident occurred on an elevator.

Matt Davis, a passenger on the ship with his wife, told Florida's Fox 4 TV that they were heading to dinner on the 10th floor of the ship Sunday night when they saw the scene.